The Red Zone

by Tim Green

When Evan Chase drowns in the Palm Beach surf, the cops believe it's murder. But what begins as a high-profile murder case, evolves into a frightening conspiracy involving huge amounts of money, corrupt police and a horrible and bizarre truth.

Genres: Fiction

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1998

About the author

Tim Green, for many years a star defensive end with the Atlanta Falcons, is a man of many talents. He's the author of such gripping books for adults as the New York Times bestselling The Dark Side of the Game and a dozen suspense novels, including Exact Revenge and Kingdom Come. Tim graduated covaledictorian from Syracuse University and was a first-round NFL draft pick. He later earned his law degree with honors. Tim has worked as an NFL analyst for FOX Sports and as an NFL commentator for National Public Radio, among other broadcast experience. He lives with his wife, Illyssa, and their five children in upstate New York. Football Genius is his first novel for young readers. For more updates, visit www.facebook.com/authortimgreen

Reviews

[EJ Tirados]

Thine book I read was Deep Zone by Tim Green. I thought the book was pretty good since it's about football and the boom wasn't very hard to read. I also liked the book because bit wasn't just about football , it was also about under cover agent.The book is about a kid named Ty, he is a kid that plays football. His brother is in the NFL and his uncle used him to get information on the jets so that he could gamble according to the info. He later got into some trouble with the gangster family that he was making the bets with and he had to go into the witness protection program. That made the only family member Ty had around was his brother who ended up getting severely injured during a game and was hospitalized so Ty was forced to stay at home alone while while there was a family of gangsters trying to get ahold of him to get information on his uncle so under cover agents had to watch over Ty. really made it more interesting. After everything Ty had Goan through. His 7 on 7 team made it to the Super Bowl game of their league.

[Dave MacTurk]

Very well written with several memorable characters but the ending was a bit strange.

[Jill Black]

Best so far

[Hilmi Isa]

Luther Zorn merupakan seorang pemain bola sepak Amerika yang berbakat besar,walaupun latar belakang kehidupannya dicemari dengan tompok-tompok hitam dugaan kehidupan dunia. Namun demikian,takdir kehidupannya mengalami perubahan yang drastik sama sekali apabila dia menghadapi tuduhan terlibat di dalam pembunuhan pemilik Florida Marauders,Evan Chase. Florida Marauders merupakan kelab sukan yang disertai Zorn sebagai seorang linebacker. Zorn didapati memiliki motif membunuh Evan. Tambahan pula,dia juga mempunyai hubungan sulit dengan isteri si mati. Madison McCall telah dilantik menjadi peguam bela Zorn. Tanpa disedari peguam wanita ini,dia telah secara tidak sengaja telah meletakkan kaki di dalam sebuah komplot yang melibatkan urus niaga berjuta-juta dolar Amerika Syarikat! Seorang pemburu dan pembunuh kejam menanti peluang untuk membunuh...
Ini kali pertama saya membaca novel tulisan Tim Green. Sebuah pengalaman membaca yang tidak mengecewakan! Menghiburkan dan mempunyai twist dan kejutan yang tidak saya jangkakan. Penulis berjaya membuatkan saya menganggap bahawa watak utama novel ini adalah pembunuh sebenar. Namun,dugaan saya salah. Konsep utama novel ini adalah ala-ala seperti novel tulisan John Grisham. Green sendiri sebenarnya merupakan seorang bekas pemain bola sepak Amerika dan juga merupakan seorang peguam. Jadi,bukanlah sesuatu yang menghairankan jika wujud persamaan dari segi tema cerita.

[Griffin Tebrugge]

The author's purpose is to entertain the reader with a book about a murder mystery and football. The author also tried to inform the reader about what people will do for money.
The theme of this book is to make you think about which suspect did it. I thought I knew who it was but was proved wrong by the ending of the book. This book was good at leading you onto guesses about who the killer was.
This book was a narration because it was in order and went from Evan Chase being found dead to the killer being caught.
My opinion on the book is that it was exciting because there are not very many books that are both about sports and mysteries. I liked how the author tricked me into believing I knew who the killer was at first. I liked just about everything that came with this book. If I would change who the killer was if i could.

[Patrick]

A murder mystery featuring football turns into a rather dark tale. The plot centers around a murder mystery. Multiple murders are uncovered throughout the course of the investigation. As the bodies pile up, the story moves farther from the football field and into the seedy world of corrupt cops and serial killers. It was surprising to find such an ominous story, but the plot twist in the novel is even more unexpected.

Early in the story, there is a heavy focus upon football and game action. One of the most interesting aspects of the text is the presentation of NFL action. Mr. Green takes the reader directly into the thoughts of middle linebacker during an NFL game.

[Kelly]

Lisa has a talent at blending humor with enough mystery to keep her books interesting. Similarly her characters, zany as they are, walk a delicate line between over the top outrageous and believable enough to seem real. After a bit of a disappointment with the second book in this series, this 3rd restored more of the energy that originally caught my attention with this series.

[Alison]

I had never read anything from Tim Green but this one was pretty good. There wasn't as much sports as I thought there would be (as murder mystery and sports are two of my favorite things) but still a good book. Decent enough and if I come across anymore of his books I'm sure I'll enjoy them.

[Jim Bremser]

Another author I need to get back to.

[Kay]

This is a fast moving- can't put down book. Tim Green was an NFL player and his books always have a link to football, but that is not what he writes about.

[Christel]

Quite good..I like this author:)

[Laurie Stoll]

This book has some great character's and the story was good until it gets towards the ending. I didn't think the ending was very creative.

[Sylvia]

Another excellent book. I was intriguingly grueling. It had everything a great suspense should bad cops, mental insanity, and much more!

[Jim Moffett]

Great read.play between bad cops,bad football owners,and player full of rage worked well
LAwyer worked into story to control pace.enjoyed book

[John Machata]

Wanted to like it. Stiff. As if written by a computer.